Born to Be Wild 28 years old

What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes.

Born to Be Wild

Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.

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Born to Be Wild Cast

Name Character
Thomas F. Wilson He was 35, now 64 years old as Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)
John C. McGinley He was 35, now 64 years old as Max Carr
Peter Boyle He was 59, 71 years old when he died as Gus Charnley
Titus Welliver He was 34, now 63 years old as Sergeant Bo Markle
Alan Ruck He was 38, now 67 years old as Dan Woodley
Helen Shaver She was 44, now 73 years old as Margaret Heller
Gregory Itzin He was 46, now 75 years old as Walter Mallinson
Janet Carroll She was 54, 71 years old when she died as Judge Billings
Obba Babatundé He was 43, now 72 years old as Interpreter
John Pleshette He was 52, now 81 years old as Donald Carr
Wil Horneff He was 15, now 44 years old as Rick Heller
Marvin J. McIntyre He was 47, now 76 years old as Bob the Paramedic
Jean Marie Barnwell as Lacey Carr

Born to Be Wild Crew

Name Department
Roy Forge Smith as Production Design. He was 65 (87) years old when He died Art
Mark Snow as Original Music Composer. He was 48 (now 77) years old Sound
Jan Pascale as Set Decoration. She was 4 (now 24) years old Art
Maryann Brandon as Editor. She was 4 (now 24) years old Editing
Gilbert Wong as Art Direction. He was 4 (now 24) years old Art
Donald M. Morgan as Director of Photography. He was 63 (now 92) years old Camera
Leslie Shatz as Sound Designer. She was 45 (now 74) years old Sound
Leslie Shatz as Sound Re-Recording Mixer. She was 45 (now 74) years old Sound
Budd Carr as Music Supervisor. Sound
Susan E. Novick as Associate Producer. Production
Brian Reilly as Executive Producer. He was 93 (90) years old when He died Production
Jeffrey Silver as Producer. He was 45 (now 74) years old Production
Tony Gardner as Associate Producer. He was 31 (now 60) years old Production
John Gray as Director. Directing
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Born to Be Wild (28 years)

What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes.

  • Release day: Friday, March 31, 1995
  • Runtime: 100 minutes